Excerpt from Skirt.com, click the link to read the rest: 0 Have you ever learned a new word and realized that such a word was exactly what was missing from your life? This is how I felt a few days ago when introduced to the word rebarbative, which I was told meant disgust or repellance … Continue reading
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When the Moon Shines through the Pine Trees
Excerpt from Skirt.com, click the link to read the rest: 0 Perhaps because of too many rounds of Bad Song Poker, Ive had a certain tune rolling around in my head for the past few days. Its actually a song I quite enjoy and would never play in a round of BSP, having learned it … Continue reading
Uterus is not a dirty word.
Excerpt from Skirt.com, click the link to read the rest: 0 This is a portion of my letter to Florida Speaker of the House Dean Cannon, who reprimanded Representative Scott Randolph for using the word ‘uterus’ on the House floor: read more Continue reading
Bad Song Poker
Excerpt from Skirt.com, click the link to read the rest: 0 I am, as ever, vigilant about looking for new procrastination tools. I had decided that this week I was going to finish a draft of the chapter I am submitting for the belly dance volume I am co-editing, but I cant seem to focus. … Continue reading
Job-Hunting and Other Games
Excerpt from Skirt.com, click the link to read the rest: 0 So I’ve been spending the past few weeks alternating between revising my thesis to try and sell it as a book (New! Improved!) and looking for jobs. I have realized something that legions job-seekers of the world before me already know: looking for a … Continue reading
Tale of Two Pounds
Excerpt from Skirt.com, click the link to read the rest 0 A few days ago I went for a ramble around London in the sunshine. It was a picture-perfect day for exploring city splendors and all was going well until a woman stopped me in the street. She looked distressed. I had a feeling I … Continue reading
The Creature
Excerpt from Skirt.com, click the link to read the rest 0 Okay, I’ll save you the suspense (what little is left.) I did get a ticket to Frankenstein. Some of you may be wondering, “How on earth does that unemployed PhD with threadbare elbow-patch jackets even manage to afford going to all that theatre anyway?” … Continue reading
A Day on the South Bank
Excerpt from Skirt.com, click the link to read the rest 0 About two weeks ago I decided to give myself an early birthday present by heading out to see a play. London is a good place for that sort of thing. Nothing ventured, nothing gained, I thought as I walked towards the great hulking form … Continue reading
Wodehousian Metaphysics
Excerpt from Skirt.com, click the link to read the rest 0 Perhaps, dear readers, you have forgotten about my ongoing quest for a Jeeves. However, it becomes increasingly clear to me as time passes that if I had a Jeeves, the little burdens of my life would be magnificently eased. read more Continue reading
Gis and Gowns: Jiu Jitsu Ball 2011
Excerpt from Skirt.com, click the link to read the rest 0 As I reported in my last post, over the weekend I went to the jiu jitsu national ball. If you fancy attempting to punch people (and dodging many punches) all day and then dancing with those same people all night, you can’t do better … Continue reading
In a Merry Hour: Caitlin E McDonald 